“He checked his parachute and launched himself into the Sea of Sarcasm.--Havana Red”

“In a museum in Havana, there are two skulls of Christopher Columbus, one when he was a boy and one when he was a man”

“We regard God as an airman regards his parachute; it's there for emergencies but he hopes he'll never have to use it.”

“And his good wife will tear her cheeks in grief, his sons are orphans and he, soaking the soil red with his own blood, he rots away himself—more birds than women flocking round his body!”

“The life of faith does not follow automatically when a person becomes a Christian. It requires deliberate action on his part. This is especially true in affluent society. The believer must put himself in a position where he is compelled to trust God...It is only as he gets rid of his reserves and other false supports that he can truly launch out into the deep.”

“It was not possible to think except with one’s brain, no one could stand outside himself in order to check the functioning of his inner processes.”